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Job Title: Fundraising Manager
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £40,000
Hours per week: 28 hours 4 days per week
Annual Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (Pro Rota)
Role Description
The Senior Fundraising Manager will play a key strategic role in supporting the mission and ministry of St Edmundsbury Cathedral by developing and delivering a diverse range of fundraising activities, with a particular focus on Trusts and Foundations, major funding opportunities, donor stewardship and the growth of sustainable income.
Working closely with the senior leadership team, the role will identify and develop new funding opportunities, build strong relationships with Trusts and Foundations, and lead the preparation and submission of high-quality funding applications and reports. The postholder will also oversee the Cathedral’s Patron and donor relationships, legacy and regular giving activity, and provide strategic oversight of major fundraising events and initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Legacy and Appeals
- Support and develop the Cathedral’s legacy giving strategy, helping to encourage and secure gifts in wills.
- Work with colleagues and volunteers to develop appropriate legacy communications and stewardship activity.
- Provide strategic support for the delivery of fundraising appeals, including the biennial ‘Gift Day’.
- Review and evaluate fundraising appeals, identifying opportunities to improve engagement and income.
Trusts and Foundations
- Develop and implement a Trusts and Foundations fundraising strategy to increase income and diversify the Cathedral’s funding base.
- Research and identify new Trusts, Foundations and other institutional funding opportunities aligned with the Cathedral’s mission, ministry and strategic priorities.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective Trusts and Foundations, ensuring effective stewardship and ongoing engagement.
- Lead the development and submission of high-quality funding applications, working with colleagues across the Cathedral to gather relevant information, budgets, impact measures and supporting evidence.
- Maintain a comprehensive pipeline of funding opportunities, applications, deadlines and outcomes.
- Ensure funders receive timely, accurate and engaging updates on the impact of their support.
- Develop compelling cases for support and funding proposals for a range of projects and priorities.
- Support colleagues with grant applications where appropriate, providing guidance on funder requirements, application development and reporting.
- Monitor changes in the funding landscape and identify emerging opportunities for the Cathedral.
Donor Acknowledgement and CRM Management
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date donor records in the fundraising CRM database, Donorfy, including donation history, communications and engagement activity.
- Ensure appropriate systems and processes are in place for effective donor stewardship and relationship management.
- Produce reports and analysis from Donorfy to support fundraising planning, decision-making and income monitoring.
- Ensure donors and Patrons are thanked and acknowledged appropriately and in a timely manner, including personal correspondence and letters from the Dean where appropriate.
- Use donor data and insight to identify opportunities for increased engagement, retention and income.
Planned and Regular Giving
- Work with the Planned Giving Committee to develop and implement a strategy for increasing regular giving.
- Develop communications that encourage supporters to become regular givers.
Patrons and Donors
- Manage and develop relationships with existing Patrons and key donors, ensuring high standards of engagement through regular communications, including e-newsletters, invitations and other appropriate engagement activities.
- Oversee the delivery of the Cathedral’s Patron events, including the Patrons’ Carol Service, Spring Trip and Summer Garden Party, working with colleagues to ensure events are delivered to a high standard.
- Monitor Patron membership, renewal dates and income, ensuring effective processes are in place for timely renewal communications.
- Work closely with the Finance Department to ensure Patron income and donations are accurately recorded and reconciled.
- Develop and implement strategies to grow the Cathedral’s Patron network and strengthen relationships with existing supporters.
- Identify opportunities to deepen donor engagement and develop supporters towards increased giving and longterm involvement with the Cathedral.
Major Fundraising Initiatives and Events
- Provide fundraising leadership and strategic oversight for major Cathedral fundraising initiatives and projects as required.
- Support the delivery team of the Abbey of St Edmund, Reborn Project, providing fundraising expertise and advice as required.
- Oversee the fundraising strategy and income generation associated with major fundraising events, including the Grand Nave Autumn Ball, ensuring that events have clear fundraising objectives and deliver against agreed targets.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues responsible for event planning and delivery, providing strategic fundraising direction, supporter engagement and stewardship.
- Ensure that income and expenditure associated with fundraising events and initiatives are accurately recorded and monitored.
- Evaluate fundraising activity and provide recommendations to maximise future income and supporter engagement.
Strategy, Planning and Reporting
- Contribute to the development and implementation of the Cathedral’s overall fundraising strategy and annual fundraising plans.
- Set and monitor fundraising targets across relevant income streams, providing regular updates to senior colleagues and relevant committees.
- Use fundraising data, research and analysis to identify opportunities for growth and inform strategic decisionmaking.
- Prepare reports for senior leadership, Trustees and relevant committees as required. Work collaboratively across the Cathedral to ensure fundraising opportunities are identified and developed effectively.
- Ensure all fundraising activity reflects the mission, values and ethos of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and is undertaken with the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.
- Ensure compliance with relevant fundraising regulations, GDPR and data protection requirements, and best practice in donor stewardship.
- Support and develop a culture of fundraising across the Cathedral, encouraging colleagues to recognise and maximise opportunities for philanthropic support.
Person Specification
Essential Qualities
Qualifications
- Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development in fundraising or a related field.
Experience
- Significant experience in fundraising or income generation roles, with a proven track record of securing income and meeting or exceeding fundraising targets.
- Proven experience of developing and managing relationships with Trusts and Foundations and other institutional funders.
- Demonstrable experience of researching funding opportunities and developing successful grant and funding applications.
- Experience of managing donor relationships and delivering effective stewardship and engagement programmes.
- Experience of developing and delivering fundraising strategies across a range of income streams.
- Experience of managing or overseeing fundraising campaigns, appeals or events.
- Experience of using fundraising data and CRM systems to support donor management, reporting and strategic decisionmaking.
- Experience of monitoring and reporting on restricted and unrestricted funding.
- Experience of preparing funding reports and ensuring compliance with funder requirements.
Knowledge
- Strong understanding of Trusts and Foundations fundraising and the wider fundraising landscape.
- Good understanding of a range of fundraising income streams, including individual giving, Trusts and Foundations, major donors, corporate and community fundraising.
- Knowledge of fundraising regulations, GDPR, data protection and ethical fundraising practices.
- Understanding of budgeting, financial planning and monitoring in relation to fundraising.
- Understanding of effective donor stewardship, cultivation and relationship management.
- Knowledge of the principles and importance of legacy and regular giving.
Skills and Abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce compelling funding proposals, cases for support, reports and donor communications.
- Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and maintain positive relationships with funders, donors, Patrons and colleagues.
- Strong research and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and assess new funding opportunities.
- Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines and funding applications effectively.
- Ability to use data and insight to inform fundraising decisions, monitor performance and measure impact.
- Ability to manage and maintain accurate records using a CRM system such as Donorfy.
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams and influence colleagues to support fundraising objectives.
- Ability to oversee and provide strategic direction to fundraising activities and initiatives.
Personal Qualities
- Highly motivated, proactive and results-driven.
- Strategic and creative thinker, with the ability to identify and develop new fundraising opportunities.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Ability to work independently, use initiative and take responsibility for delivering agreed objectives.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and build effective relationships across the organisation.
- Resilient, flexible and able to manage competing priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Professional, trustworthy and committed to the highest standards of integrity and ethical fundraising.
- Commitment to the values and mission of St Edmundsbury Cathedral.
- Sensitive to the Cathedral’s core mission as a place of worship, outreach, welcome and care.
- Willingness to work varying hours for fundraising activities and functions, including occasional evenings and weekends, as required.
Desirable
Qualities Qualifications
- Relevant professional fundraising qualification, such as a qualification from the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
Experience
- Experience of working with high-net-worth individuals, major donors or philanthropic supporters.
- Experience of securing significant gifts or grants from Trusts and Foundations.
- Experience of fundraising within the Church of England or another faith-based organisation.
- Experience of working in a heritage, cultural, charitable or not-for-profit organisation.
- Experience of overseeing fundraising events or major fundraising initiatives.
Skills and Knowledge
- Knowledge of the funding landscape relevant to heritage, faith, community or charitable organisations.
- Experience of public speaking and presenting to donors, funders, committees or other stakeholders.
- Knowledge of legacy fundraising and planned giving.
- Experience of using Donorfy or a similar fundraising CRM system.
It is our aim to be a centre for learning, both for the Christian faith and beyond.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for a creative, organised and experienced media and communications professional to join our External Affairs team within the Policy and External Affairs Directorate.
The Senior Media & Communications Manager will manage our press office and lead our media engagement activity to support our strategic impact and communications objectives, aligned to our business plan and wider corporate strategy.
You will use your skills and experience to help engage a range of media outlets on our expertise, insights and evidence on youth employment, placing our spokespeople appropriately for a variety of opportunities.
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You will also work closely with wider External Affairs colleagues and teams across the organisation to build our corporate impact narrative.
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At a time when youth employment is a high priority for Government and the news agenda, the post holder must also be able to demonstrate policy and political literacy and high comfort levels when working with policy, research and public affairs colleagues.
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This role is perfect for a proactive and agile professional with strong writing skills, who is excellent at building relationships internally and externally and able to engage external stakeholders and partners.
At a time when the youth employment agenda is so prominent, this role presents an exciting opportunity to be part of Youth Futures’ mission to help every young person achieve good work.
This role can be based at our Birmingham, Leeds or London hub. We currently operate a hybrid model of two-days per week in the office and three-days from home.
Please download our recruitment pack for more information on this opportunity.
Due to receiving high volumes of interest in our opportunities, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised deadline. To ensure your application is considered, please submit it as soon as possible.
We are the national What Works Centre for youth employment, with a specific focus on marginalised young people.



The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Purpose of the Role
The Youth Insights Programme Lead is responsible for leading the effective design, planning and delivery of assigned Youth Insights panels and projects. The role bridges strategic leadership and operational delivery, ensuring that panels are well designed, well facilitated, well coordinated and deliver high-quality insight for partners.
The Programme Lead manages day-to-day partner relationships, leads delivery planning, supports facilitators, oversees programme outputs and ensures young people have a positive, inclusive and meaningful experience.
The role contributes to insight generation and reporting, working within the frameworks and quality standards set by the Programme Manager.
Key Responsibilities
1. Programme Design and Delivery
- Lead the design and delivery of assigned Youth Insights panels, within the methodology and standards set by the Programme Manager.
- Translate partner objectives into clear delivery plans, session structures and participant journeys.
- Develop and adapt session plans, materials and activities for assigned panels.
- Ensure sessions are engaging, inclusive, purposeful and appropriate for young people.
- Lead or support facilitation of Youth Insights sessions as required.
- Ensure delivery remains aligned with agreed outcomes, quality standards and partner expectations.
- Identify practical improvements to delivery and share learning with the Programme Manager.
2. Operational Partner Management
- Act as the primary day-to-day relationship manager for assigned partners.
- Lead operational planning meetings, delivery updates and routine partner communications.
- Manage partner expectations around timelines, outputs, session planning and reporting.
- Maintain strong working relationships with operational partner contacts.
- Identify risks, issues or opportunities in partner relationships and escalate appropriately to the Programme Manager.
- Support strategic partner conversations by providing delivery insight, evidence and learning.
- Where a partner contact holds both strategic and operational responsibilities, act as the primary day-to-day contact while ensuring the Programme Manager retains senior oversight.
3. Insight Generation and Reporting
- Analyse youth feedback and identify key themes, patterns and insights from assigned panels.
- Draft reports, summaries, presentations and recommendations for partners.
- Ensure reports go beyond description and begin to translate youth feedback into meaningful insight.
- Work within the reporting frameworks, standards and templates agreed by the Programme Manager.
- Incorporate quality feedback from the Programme Manager and strengthen outputs accordingly.
- Support the development of case studies, impact stories and evidence of partner value.
- Contribute learning from assigned panels into wider Youth Insights service development.
4. Delivery Quality and Facilitation
- Ensure all assigned programmes are delivered to a high standard.
- Brief, support and coordinate freelance facilitators for assigned sessions.
- Ensure facilitators understand the purpose, method, safeguarding requirements and desired outcomes of each session.
- Monitor delivery quality and participant experience.
- Provide feedback to facilitators and escalate quality concerns where needed.
- Ensure session materials, resources and activities are prepared and appropriate.
- Support consistency of delivery across panels, while adapting appropriately to different partner contexts.
5. Youth Engagement and Inclusion
- Ensure young people are meaningfully involved, listened to and supported throughout their participation.
- Work with the Programme Coordinator to support recruitment, onboarding, retention and engagement.
- Monitor participant experience and respond to issues or barriers to participation.
- Identify gaps in representation within assigned panels and work with the Programme Coordinator and Programme Manager to address them.
- Ensure delivery is inclusive, accessible and responsive to young people’s needs.
- Support young people to build confidence, skills and understanding through their involvement.
6. Programme Coordination and Project Management
- Develop and maintain delivery plans for assigned Youth Insights panels.
- Coordinate timelines, milestones, partner inputs, facilitator availability and reporting deadlines.
- Work closely with the Programme Coordinator to ensure logistics, communications and records are well managed.
- Ensure risks, actions and dependencies are tracked and communicated.
- Support effective use of HubSpot and other systems to manage participant journeys and partner activity.
- Ensure programme information is accurate, up to date and accessible to the team.
7. Team Support and Development
- Support and mentor the Programme Coordinator in relation to assigned programmes.
- Delegate appropriate tasks clearly and support effective workload management.
- Share learning, tools and good practice across the Youth Insights team.
- Contribute to training, reflection sessions and process improvement.
- Support a positive, collaborative and values-led team culture.
- Help build team confidence in delivery, facilitation, insight generation and partner communication.
8. Safeguarding, Compliance and Risk
- Ensure safeguarding, consent, data protection and risk processes are followed across assigned programmes.
- Identify and escalate safeguarding concerns or risks in line with S4TP policies.
- Ensure facilitators and delivery contributors understand relevant safeguarding and compliance requirements.
- Support accurate record keeping and documentation.
- Contribute to risk assessment and mitigation for sessions, panels and partner activity.
Key Relationships
Internal:
- Youth Insights Programme Manager
- Youth Insights Programme Coordinator
- CEO where required
- Wider S4TP team
- Freelance facilitators
External:
- Operational partner contacts
- Strategic partner contacts where appropriate
- Young people and alumni
- Schools, colleges and youth networks
- Delivery partners and stakeholders
Success Measures
Success in this role will include:
- Assigned panels are delivered effectively, safely and to a high standard.
- Partners receive timely, useful and high-quality reports and outputs.
- Young people have a positive, inclusive and meaningful experience.
- Operational partner relationships are well managed.
- Programme delivery runs smoothly, with clear plans, timelines and communication.
- Insight reports demonstrate analysis, themes and recommendations, not just summaries.
- Facilitators are well briefed, supported and consistent in delivery.
- Learning from delivery contributes to wider Youth Insights improvement.
A covering letter explaining your interest in the role and how you meet the criteria in the person specification (no more than 1 x A4 page).
An up-to-date relevant CV (no more than 2 x A4 pages).
Please indicate where you are based on your application.
A short selfie video saying why you want to work with Solutions for the Planet and what you think your superpowers are (max 2 minutes).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you want to help us make a lasting difference to the lives of dogs and their owners?
We’re searching for an experienced Legacy Officer, who will play a vital role in ensuring every gift left to Dogs Trust in a will reaches its full potential. This role sits at the heart of our work, as every legacy makes a difference to the dogs we support.
What does this role do?
As a Legacy Officer, you will:
- manage a caseload of pecuniary, specific, life interest, and residuary legacies, ensuring the charity receives its full entitlement and maximising value where possible,
- liaise with external stakeholders, such as executors or solicitors, handling sensitive conversations efficiently and professionally,
- review estate accounts, including the allocation of Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and Inheritance Tax (IHT), to confirm estates are correctly administered,
- represent the charity’s interests in all legacy-related correspondence, handling queries from legal professionals and the public with professionalism,
- maintain accurate records using the First Class 4 database, support with reporting, and escalate significant matters to senior legal staff as needed.
Interviews for this role are provisionally scheduled for week commencing 17th August 2026, and will take place at our London office.
Could this be you?
With proven experience in legacy administration, you will have good knowledge of wills, probate, tax and trust law. With excellent attention to detail, you will be highly organised and able to demonstrate experience of managing and prioritising own caseload. A certificate in Charity Legacy Administration is desirable.
About Dogs Trust
We love dogs. That’s why we do whatever we can to make sure every four-legged friend gets the love they deserve. We’ll never put a healthy dog down, so our work is focused on helping dogs in need, supporting owners every step of the walk, and creating a better world for dogs in the future. It’s what we’ve been doing since 1891 and how we’ve grown to become the UK’s leading dog charity, helping 12,000 loyal friends find their forever homes every year.
To apply for this position please click the APPLY NOW button. Our application process requires you submit a personal statement explaining your interest and suitability for the role.
Dogs are incredibly diverse, much like the humans that love them! At Dogs Trust we value diversity, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive culture. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, abilities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce helps us to achieve our mission. Our colleague networks give our people a voice, acting as vehicles for real and meaningful change within Dogs Trust. We truly want to see every candidate shine throughout the entire job application process, interview stages, and during their time with us. If there's anything on your mind or any adjustments you may need, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We're here to support you every step of the way.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Mass Participation Officer
We are seeking a passionate and motivated professional to drive participation, engagement and income through a portfolio of exciting fundraising and challenge events across the UK.
Salary: £33,200 per annum (plus London weighting where applicable)
Location: Home-based, UK-wide with travel – Remote working
Hours: 35 hours per week – Flexible with compressed hours or a 9 day fortnight
Contract: Fixed-term until 31 March 2027
Closing Date: Please apply as soon as possible
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a national charity and help deliver a portfolio of fundraising events that inspire supporters, build lasting relationships and generate vital income to support life-changing services.
Reporting to the Mass Participation Manager, you will be responsible for managing and delivering a range of challenge and third-party events, ensuring an outstanding experience for participants from recruitment through to post-event stewardship. Working within a collaborative fundraising team, you will play a key role in driving supporter acquisition, engagement, income and retention.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and delivering a portfolio of challenge and third-party fundraising events from planning through to evaluation.
- Recruiting and engaging participants through creative acquisition campaigns.
- Building supporter journeys that maximise engagement, fundraising income and long-term loyalty.
- Developing strong relationships with event organisers, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Monitoring performance against financial and non-financial targets and identifying opportunities for growth.
- Using data, insight and market trends to improve supporter experience and campaign effectiveness.
- Supporting budget management, forecasting, reporting and risk mitigation.
- Working collaboratively across teams to ensure successful delivery of fundraising activity.
About You
- We are looking for an organised, proactive and people-focused individual who enjoys building relationships, managing projects and delivering excellent customer experiences.
- You may already have experience within fundraising or the charity sector, but we are equally interested in hearing from candidates with transferable skills gained in other sectors.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience of working towards and achieving targets and objectives.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- The ability to analyse information and use insight to improve performance.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Confidence managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
- A proactive approach and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and CRM or database systems.
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- The ability to travel extensively across the UK as required.
Whether your experience has been gained in events, marketing, account management, customer success, membership, hospitality, business development, sales, community engagement or another customer-focused environment, we'd love to hear how your skills could transfer into this role.
About the Organisation
This national charity is dedicated to supporting people and families affected by a life-changing health condition. Through vital services, research, campaigning and advocacy, the organisation helps thousands of people rebuild their lives every year.
Other roles you may have experience of could include:
Fundraising Officer, Events Fundraiser, Challenge Events Officer, Community Fundraiser, Regional Fundraiser, Supporter Engagement Officer, Individual Giving Officer, Events Coordinator, Fundraising Executive, Relationship Fundraiser, Charity Events Officer, Participation Events Officer, Campaigns Officer, Fundraising Coordinator, Account Manager, Customer Success Executive, Partnerships Officer, Events Manager, Marketing Executive, Membership Engagement Officer, Community Engagement Officer, Business Development Executive or Client Relationship Manager.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client – Not For Profit People.
This is a rare opportunity to lead one of Yorkshire’s most respected community foundations and help shape the future of giving across Calderdale.
For over 35 years, Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) has connected people who care with causes that matter. We believe local generosity has the power to transform lives, strengthen communities and create opportunities for everyone to thrive.
As an independent charitable funder, we work with individuals, families, businesses and organisations to invest in local charities and community groups tackling some of Calderdale’s biggest challenges. Every year, we distribute more than £2 million in grants to support people and places across the borough. At the same time, we are building our permanent endowment, creating a lasting legacy that will continue supporting local communities for generations to come.
This is what makes CFFC unique. We do not just make a difference today. We create a legacy that will benefit Calderdale in perpetuity.
Following many years of successful leadership from our current Chief Executive Officer, we are seeking an exceptional leader to build on this strong foundation and lead CFFC into its next chapter.
About the role
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, you will provide strategic and operational leadership, ensuring CFFC continues to grow its impact, strengthen partnerships and inspire philanthropy across Calderdale.
You will lead and develop a committed staff team, work closely with Trustees, build trusted relationships with donors, businesses, professional advisers, charities and public sector partners, and ensure the organisation remains financially sustainable, well-governed and ambitious for the future.
You will also act as CFFC’s public ambassador, representing the organisation across Calderdale and beyond, while championing the importance of local giving and community investment.
About you
We are looking for an inspiring and collaborative leader with significant senior leadership experience and the ability to build confidence and credibility with a wide range of stakeholders.
You will demonstrate:
Proven strategic leadership and organisational management experience.
Experience of developing successful partnerships, fundraising, income generation or business development.
Strong financial and governance awareness.
Excellent relationship-building, communication and influencing skills.
Experience of leading and developing high-performing teams.
A genuine commitment to community impact and the values of the voluntary sector.
You may come from a community foundation, charitable trust, grant-making organisation, charity, public sector, social enterprise or a commercial organisation with a strong social purpose.
What we offer
Salary in excess of £60,000, dependent on experience.
Permanent, full-time position.
Flexible and hybrid working, with a regular presence required in Calderdale.
20 days annual leave plus bank holidays, additional Easter Tuesday leave and office closure over the Christmas period, rising to 25 days after five years’ service.
Employer pension contribution, with details available in the candidate information pack.
The opportunity to lead a respected local foundation with a strong legacy, deep local relationships and ambitious plans for the future.
Closing date: 31 July 2026
First round interviews: Week commencing 17 August 2026
Second round interviews: Week commencing 24 August 2026
CFFC is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are happy to discuss any adjustments candidates may need during the recruitment process.
If you are an ambitious leader who wants to build on a strong legacy, inspire local philanthropy and help create lasting change for communities across Calderdale, we would love to hear from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Sporting Events Officer
Salary: £31,000–£33,000 per annum
Location: London (Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week in our City office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time (35 hours per week)
Join Team Tommy’s and help save babies’ lives.
An exciting opportunity to join the Sporting Events fundraising team at Tommy’s and help raise over £2.4m towards vital life-saving research to help save babies’ lives. We have a multitude of running, trekking and challenge events in our portfolio, and this role has visibility across all of them. It’s a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to broaden their fundraising events experience and develop their career in a supportive, ambitious team.
As Sporting Events Officer, you'll support the delivery of Tommy’s sporting events programme, helping to recruit, engage and steward thousands of supporters while ensuring excellent event administration and supporter experience. You'll work across participant recruitment, fundraising, supporter communications, event delivery and data management, playing a key role in helping the team achieve its ambitious fundraising targets. [Sporting E...PACK 2026 | PDF]
About You
We're looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
- Passionate about delivering great supporter experiences
- Experienced in administration and customer service
- Confident building relationships with supporters and colleagues
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Interested in fundraising, events and mass participation challenges
Why Tommy's?
Join a passionate organisation dedicated to stopping the heartbreak of baby loss and making pregnancy and birth safer for everyone. You'll be part of a collaborative team, gain exposure to a wide range of fundraising events, and have opportunities to develop your career while making a genuine difference.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter via CharityJob, outlining how your skills and experience meet the requirements of the role.
For full details of the role, including the complete job profile, responsibilities, person specification and further information about Tommy's, please refer to the Recruitment Pack.
Tommy’s is committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process. If you have a disability, long-term health condition, or require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will be happy to discuss how we can support you.
Closing date: Monday 3 August 2026. Applications will be reviewed after the closing date.
Thank you in advance for your interest in joining Team Tommy's. We look forward to hearing from you.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Link to Change is an award-winning charity dedicated to protecting children and young people from exploitation, abuse and harm. We work alongside children, families, professionals and communities to create safer futures and stronger outcomes.
Now entering an exciting new phase of growth across Bedfordshire and surrounding areas, we are seeking an exceptional Chief Executive Officer to lead the organisation into its next chapter.
Link to Change has a strong reputation as a trusted specialist in tackling child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, online harms and abuse affecting children and young people. Our work has influenced policy and practice, supported thousands of children and families, and amplified the voices of young people with lived experience.
We are ambitious about the future. We want to reach more children, strengthen our influence, grow our services, and continue driving meaningful change within safeguarding systems and communities.
As Chief Executive Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to the charity, ensuring we remain financially sustainable, well governed and focused on achieving the greatest possible impact for children and young people. Working closely with our Board of Trustees, staff team and partners, you will lead organisational development, strengthen relationships across sectors, champion safeguarding excellence and help shape the future direction of the organisation.
This is a unique opportunity to lead a respected, award-winning charity with a passionate team, a strong reputation and a clear sense of purpose.
We are looking for a values-driven leader who can inspire others, build strong partnerships, navigate complexity and lead with confidence and compassion. You will share our commitment to safeguarding, trauma-informed practice and ensuring that the voices of children and young people remain at the heart of everything we do.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people and want to lead an organisation that is making a genuine difference every day, we would love to hear from you.
Join Link to Change and help create a future where every child and young person is safe, heard and free from exploitation.
Please ensure to follow the guidance within the application pack on how to apply.
To make an application, please submit:
1. Up to date CV (no more than 3 pages).
2. A supporting statement (no more than two sides) that sets out why you think this role is the right move for you and how you meet the knowledge and experience criteria. Please also state any dates that you would be unavailable for interview if shortlisted.
3. Please advise us of any dates in August and September when you would be unable to attend an interview, if successfully shortlisted.
Everyone deserves a life free from Exploitation.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Chief Executive Officer
The Opportunity
Many Tears Animal Rescue is at an exciting stage in its development. We rescue, rehabilitate, and rehome thousands of animals each year, and are now seeking an experienced, practical leader to guide our next chapter. You will build on our legacy, strengthening our foundations and securing our long-term sustainability. This role is for someone who can help us grow our reputation while giving our staff and volunteers the support they need to continue providing the best possible care for our animals.
What will you be doing?
You will guide the charity's strategy and drive a period of transformation, ensuring our operations are effective, fully compliant, and set up for long-term sustainability. Your leadership is about ensuring that our strategy, finances, and operations all serve to give our animals the best possible chance of recovery and a loving, forever home.
To achieve this, the role is structured around three key areas of focus:
Strategy, Governance and Compliance
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Work with the Board of Trustees to develop and deliver a strategic vision with animal welfare at its heart.
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Provide the Board of Trustees with accurate, timely, and insightful reports on risk management and performance. These updates will ensure the Board has the clear visibility they need for effective oversight and strategic planning.
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Champion a culture of transparency, accountability, and excellence in governance. Build strong, positive relationships with our regulators and key partners, including contributing to our statutory and regulatory filings to ensure we maintain full compliance with all external obligations.
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Lead the development of our internal policies and processes, ensuring every policy and process is fit-for-purpose, compliant with regulatory expectations and the highest standards of animal welfare, and are regularly reviewed to help the team work safely and effectively.
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Ensure strict adherence to all animal welfare legislation, Charity Commission standards, and sector best practices, maintaining the reliable framework our team needs to focus on the animals in our care.
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Proactively monitor and adapt to evolving Welsh animal rescue licensing regulations, ensuring our practices always reflect the highest welfare standards in Wales.
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Oversee the integrity of our operational and governance records, maintaining full transparency and auditability across the charity.
Financial Strategy and Sustainability
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Work with the Board of Trustees to develop and implement a financial strategy that puts the controls and oversight in place to secure our future and direct resources to where our animals need them most.
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Lead a long-term income generation strategy, focusing on sustainable, diverse streams including legacy giving, grant-making trusts, and community fundraising, to support our rising operational costs.
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Implement and monitor strict internal financial controls to ensure all charity resources are used exclusively for approved charitable purposes.
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Oversee data governance and digital integrity, ensuring robust data protection compliance.
Operational Delivery and Team Development
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Take responsibility for the charity’s safeguarding culture, ensuring that all policies are embedded, staff and volunteers are trained, and that all incidents are investigated and reported with transparency, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people.
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Foster an inclusive and supportive culture while providing strategic oversight of the modernisation of our HR practices, digital systems, and infrastructure. Ensure we are positioned to support our team’s wellbeing, growth, and development - including our volunteers and fosterers - through structured engagement and retention strategies.
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Act as the charity’s lead ambassador, building relationships with the press, local authorities, other neighbouring and notable charities, and animal welfare professionals to enhance our external reputation.
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Oversee our operational planning, including the day-to-day management of staffing rotas and fleet resources. Provide direct line management to the senior leadership team, making sure everyone has the support they need to work effectively.
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Monitor the rescue, and report to the Board of Trustees on core operational performance, including intake-to-rehoming metrics, fostering network capacity, and clinical standards to provide clear visibility on the welfare outcomes we achieve.
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Lead the implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across operational activity, ensuring consistent service levels and adherence to regulatory and best practice standards, to ensure our animals receive the highest standards of care.
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Direct all physical site operations, planned maintenance, and infrastructure improvements, ensuring all premises are safe, efficient, and fit for purpose.
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Manage charity risk, including contributing to the risk register, site-wide health and safety audits, staff and volunteer training, and carrying out robust assessment and management of operational risks.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a dedicated leader who is passionate about our work and ready to use their skills to help Many Tears Animal Rescue grow and develop. You will operate at a strategic level while maintaining a firm grasp of day-to-day operations.
Key Requirements
Values and Personal Alignment
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A genuine commitment to animal welfare. You aren't just looking for a leadership role; you are here for the right reasons, with a clear understanding that every strategic decision you make serves a single purpose: improving the lives of the animals in our care.
Essential Experience
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Significant senior leadership experience, ideally within a regulated charity or an animal welfare organisation.
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A strong track record of leading organisations through periods of transition, using resilience and clarity to guide teams through change.
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Extensive people management experience, with a proven ability to lead, and support teams comprising paid staff, volunteers, and fosterers.
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Significant experience reporting to and working directly with a Board of Trustees, providing strategic advice and managing governance relationships with openness and integrity.
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A practical approach to managing organisational risk, ensuring compliance and safety standards are understood and met across all areas of the charity.
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Proven success in setting up and maintaining clear policies and processes that ensure everyone knows how to work safely, consistently, and compliantly.
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Extensive experience in financial management, including budget oversight and the practical controls needed to ensure charitable funds are used effectively.
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Proven success in developing and delivering income generation strategies, including fundraising, grant applications, or legacy giving to support long-term financial sustainability.
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A clear, demonstrable commitment to safeguarding, with experience in fostering a culture that prioritises the safety and well-being of all staff and volunteers.
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Experience in managing site operations and facilities, including the oversight of health and safety and ensuring premises remain safe and fit for purpose.
Essential Knowledge and Skills
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A deep understanding of charity governance and regulatory requirements, specifically with the Charity Commission and Companies House.
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A comprehensive working knowledge of animal welfare legislation, specifically the Animal Welfare (Wales) Act 2006 and the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Wales) Regulations 2021.
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Exceptional communication and diplomatic skills, with the ability to build trust among diverse stakeholders, including staff, volunteers, local authorities, and the public.
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A full, clean UK driving licence and the ability to travel as required.
Desirable
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Experience in clinical or animal welfare operations, including familiarity with Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) standards.
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A formal management or leadership qualification.
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Experience of managing a diverse and geographically disparate team
Time Commitment
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Hours: This is a full-time role. It requires flexibility to meet the needs of the charity, including occasional evening and weekend work.
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Location: This is primarily an on-site role, based at the rescue centre in Carmarthenshire, Wales to provide visible leadership. There is some ability to work from home for some tasks, and permanent on-site accommodation may be available if required.
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Nature of the Role: As the lead for both strategic direction and operational stability, the role requires availability to respond to urgent operational matters.
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Salary Range: £50,000
What difference will you make?
Your leadership will be the heart of our next chapter. As we build on our legacy, your focus on operational excellence will help Many Tears Animal Rescue stay a trusted lifeline for the animals who need us most. You’ll bring the stability and strategic vision we need to support our team, strengthen our impact, and keep our essential work going for years to come.
Application Process
To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter outlining how your experience aligns with our mission and the requirements of this role to Dr Emma Sargeant by 15th August 2026.
We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments for the interview process.
Please include the notice period from your current job in your cover letter.
At Many Tears we take in animals from difficult situations, rehabilitate them both physically and emotionally, and find them loving forever homes.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Key responsibilities:
The Marketing Officer (Retention) at CBM UK is an important role in making our lifechanging work possible. The position holder is responsible for producing direct mail and digital fundraising appeals for individual supporter audiences that will elicit strong engagement and ongoing financial support.
Working closely with the Head of Marketing and across the Fundraising, Impact and Communications department, the Marketing Officer (Retention) plans and delivers 10-12 fundraising appeals per year to existing supporters. These include one off cash fundraising appeals, newsletters, and prayer diaries, which are produced through working with external copywriters, designers and printers. The role works across multiple
marketing channels, including direct mail, email, web, and telephone, towards an agreed income target.
The position holder also supports the development of fundraising plans, supporter
(customer) journeys, and the testing of new channels and messaging.
Cultivation appeals (60%)
a. Direct mail: Deliver regular and inspiring off-line direct mail campaigns to existing supporters on time and within budget. The role-holder will plan, co-ordinate and prepare fundraising appeals. This involves creating briefs, working alongside
freelance copywriters and designers, and managing print and fulfilment suppliers.
b. Email marketing: Plan, build, and send mass marketing and fundraising emails to existing supporters.
c. Online landing pages: Build landing pages (using WordPress) to support individual fundraising and offline marketing appeals. Ensuring landing pages on the CBM website are integrated with offline appeals and are engaging to existing audiences. This includes utilising Search Engine Optimisation tools aimed at maximising online traffic and income.
d. Newsletters and prayer diaries: Lead on the planning and implementation of reporting back to existing supporters about CBM UK’s work as part of their donor journey, through delivering supporter newsletters, e-news, and prayer diaries, currently produced three times per year.
e. Internal briefings: Prepare internal marketing materials for colleagues and provide briefings for supporter facing teams ahead of each appeal.
f. Agency and freelancer management: Develop excellent working relationships with existing and new agencies and suppliers, including marketing agencies, freelance copywriters and designers, print suppliers, and mailing houses. Evaluate and source new agencies and suppliers as appropriate.
High donor fundraising (20%)
a. High donor direct mail: Lead on CBM UK’s high donor fundraising programme, through planning and managing regular direct mail communications and fundraising asks to this segment of supporters, working towards achieving annual income targets.
b. Relationship development: Work alongside the Supporter Relations team to develop and carry out a donor journey for high donors, including the planning,
briefing and reporting of personalised communications, carried out by the Supporter Relations team through phone, email, and post.
Planning and reporting (10%)
a. Analysis and reporting: Review appeal performance against key performance indicators (response rates, average value, net income) to report back and provide learnings to support decision making around future activity.
b. Data and CRM handling: Develop a good knowledge of the CRM system (SalesForce), including the creation of data briefs and appeal selections through the CRM, and ensuring clear recording and reporting of direct marketing activity.
Other (10%)
a. Sector knowledge: Maintain awareness and anticipation of charity sector trends relating to direct marketing and keep abreast of competitor activities to enable CBM to respond and adapt quickly where appropriate.
b. Communication guidelines: Ensure the consistent implementation of CBMs brand, key messages and style guide in fundraising activities.
c. Compliance and data protection: Awareness of, and compliance across direct marketing, of Fundraising Regulator and Data Protection legal requirements (GDPR and PECR).
d. Collaboration and integration: Work alongside other teams, including the CBM Global Federation, to maximise collaboration opportunities and integrated working. Ensure fundraising plans are shared across departments.
In developing and testing new fundraising approaches, messaging, and channels, the role holder is part of a culture of enthusiasm, continual improvement and success which reflects the ambitions of CBM UK. The role may also include occasional working out of normal office hours, agreed in advance, and occasional travel in the UK, as well as the possibility of travel internationall
Please download the recruitment pack for full details.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Title: Digital Communications Officer
Responsible to: Senior Communications & Engagement Manager
Salary: £29,706 – £31,908 per annum
Location: Head Office, 5 Trinity Street, London, SE1 1DB
Hours of work: Full time - 35 hours per week (Minimum two days per week in the London office). Occasional weekend and evening work with time off in lieu (some domestic and international travel may be required)
The package also includes:
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8% employer pension contribution
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25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and additional discretionary leave during the Christmas period
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Season Ticket Loan
About USPG
USPG is the Anglican mission agency that partners churches and communities worldwide in God’s mission to enliven faith, strengthen relationships, unlock potential and champion justice. You can find out more about our work by visiting our website.
About the Role
Reporting to the Senior Communications & Engagement Manager as part of a highly functioning and creative team, this vital role will work across all media and channels to raise the profile of USPG and its partners and their work:
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Oversee the day-to-day running of our website and social media channels.
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Liaise with colleagues and partners to gather information and use it to create engaging collateral which informs, inspires, and sometimes challenges.
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Support the digital growth of USPG through SEO and Analytics
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Monthly digital and media reporting
About You
You are an organised and digitally aware communications professional. You can take complex subjects and communicate about them in simple and effective ways that speak to specific audiences. You understand the importance of reporting on website and social media performance to understand USPG’s audience and to adjust and improve. You are comfortable working in a small and creative team and are confident speaking to the wider organisation. You can juggle numerous projects and deadlines at one time.
You will demonstrate considerable cross-cultural awareness and an ability to communicate in a way that is sensitive and appropriate. You demonstrate an aptitude for collaborative teamwork and the ability to work independently on your initiative. It is expected that the postholder will be inspired by the work of USPG and in agreement with its Christian ethos and that they will be comfortable writing in a way which reflects this.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking for an exciting and varied role within charity communications or a communications/marketing professional who wants to move into the charity sector. However, if you don’t necessarily fall into these categories, but have the right skills for this role, please get in touch.
How to apply:
Please complete the application form and equal opportunities form and email us as indicated.
Closing Date: Wednesday 12 August 2026 by 9am.
Interview Date: Wednesday 19 August 2026 in London.
We bring people together from different parts of the global Church in mutually enriching conversation and profound encounters.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Do you have fundraising experience and strong project management skills? Do you want to help grow individual giving and deliver outstanding supporter experiences? Join BMS World Mission as our Individual Giving Officer.
As part of the Individual Giving team, you'll deliver fundraising campaigns and supporter engagement activities that inspire action, build loyalty and grow income. From managing direct mail appeals to developing supporter journeys, you'll help ensure supporters feel valued and connected to the impact of their giving.
Actively working with colleagues across fundraising and communications, you'll coordinate fundraising materials, supporter events and stewardship activity. You'll lead projects from planning to delivery, balancing priorities, meeting deadlines and maintaining high standards.
You'll use data and insight to analyse performance, improve results and drive future fundraising activity.
We're looking for someone with project management experience, excellent communication skills and a passion for fundraising. You'll be aligned with BMS' Christian faith, vision and values, committed to high standards and eager to develop your skills.
If you're looking for a role where you can take ownership, make a meaningful impact and help people engage with God's mission around the world, we'd love to hear from you.
Key Information
Location: Didcot with Flexible working arrangement ( Hybrid)
Hours: 35 hours per week/full time
Employment type: Permanent
Salary: £33,477 per annum
Closing date: 9am on Friday 14 Aug 2026
Interview date: Tuesday 25 Aug 2026
The successful applicant will be a committed Christian. The nature of this role means that this is a specific occupational requirement.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please feel free to contact Lucy Smith, Individual Giving Manager, at BMS World Mission
BMS World Mission mobilises people, resources and skills across the Global Church to share the good news of Jesus and practical hope they’re need
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Description: Head of Services
Reports to: Chief Executive
Location: Woking, Surrey
Hours of Work: Full time, 37.5hrs per week
Salary: £42,000 - £45,000 (DOE, pro rata)
About Us:
At York Road Project, we are dedicated to transforming the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness in Woking. We believe in harnessing the unique strengths and potential of each individual to create a pathway towards stability and independence.
The Role:
We are looking for a proactive and organised Head of Services, providing full operational leadership across our Accommodation Services and Day Centre Services, ensuring safe, consistent and effective delivery across all frontline provision.
This includes:
- Direct Access Accommodation (10 beds)
- Move-on properties (14 beds)
- Day Centre Services
- Frontline staff across both services
The role holds full responsibility for day-to-day operational delivery and decision-making within services, ensuring they run safely and effectively, with only critical or strategic issues escalated to the Chief Executive.
The role also provides management oversight of property, compliance and health and safety functions delivered by the Facilities Manager and wider staff teams.
Key Responsibilities:
Service Oversight
- Provide operational leadership across both services, ensuring safe, consistent and effective delivery.
- Support and enable staff delivering day-to-day services, providing clear leadership, guidance and appropriate autonomy within agreed standards.
- Maintain service quality, structure and consistency, stepping in where required to resolve operational issues.
- Promote a collaborative, trauma-informed working culture where staff are empowered to deliver services effectively.
- Use service delivery data, client feedback and staff insight to support continuous improvement.
- Ensure accurate recording of service activity and outcomes is maintained.
Accommodation & Day Centre Services
- Provide management oversight of Direct Access Accommodation and move-on properties, ensuring safe and effective delivery.
- Ensure occupancy levels, allocations and housing processes are effectively managed by operational staff and administrative support functions.
- Maintain operational oversight of property standards, compliance systems, inspections, maintenance reporting and fire safety processes delivered by the Facilities Manager and wider staff teams.
- Ensure compliance with HMO requirements, supported housing standards and organisational procedures through monitoring and escalation where required.
- Provide leadership and support to staff responsible for housing management functions, ensuring systems are followed consistently.
Safeguarding & Risk Management
- Provide oversight of safeguarding across all services, ensuring procedures are followed consistently.
- Ensure safeguarding systems, risk assessments and incident management processes are implemented effectively.
- Monitor safeguarding activity and ensure appropriate action and escalation.
- Support staff in managing safeguarding concerns, complex needs and high-risk incidents.
- Ensure safeguarding concerns are escalated in line with organisational and statutory requirements.
Health & Safety
- Provide management oversight of health and safety across all services, ensuring safe and compliant working environments.
- Work alongside the Facilities Manager to ensure health and safety policies, risk assessments, inspections and safe systems of work are effectively implemented and maintained.
- Monitor operational health and safety activity within services, ensuring hazards, incidents and safety concerns are identified, recorded and escalated appropriately.
- Ensure safe systems of work are followed across services, including lone working procedures and site safety processes.
- Escalate serious health and safety concerns in line with organisational procedures.
Staff Leadership & Management
- Provide supportive leadership across both services, fostering a stable and positive working environment.
- Lead supervision, reflective practice and performance management conversations.
- Promote a trauma-informed approach across the team.
- Build a culture of accountability, openness and professionalism.
- Oversee recruitment, induction, training and development.
- Manage rotas and staffing levels to support service delivery and wellbeing.
- Ensure staff are supported in managing complex and challenging situations.
Reporting, Service Development & Operational Oversight
- Oversee referrals, allocations and engagement pathways across services.
- Maintain oversight of operational data, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
- Monitor service performance, demand, outcomes and operational pressures.
- Produce regular reports for the CEO covering activity, performance, risks and outcomes.
- Analyse data and feedback to identify trends and service improvement opportunities.
- Support development of effective client progression pathways.
On-Call & Operational Cover
- Participate in a Monday–Friday on-call rota.
- Respond to urgent operational incidents and staffing issues.
Professional Standards & Ways of Working
- Work in a trauma-informed, person-centred and non-judgemental way across all service delivery.
- Maintain confidentiality and comply with GDPR and organisational policies.
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies to support positive outcomes for clients
- Maintain clear and appropriate professional boundaries with clients, staff and external partners.
- Manage workload independently, prioritising competing demands effectively.
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential
- Significant experience leading frontline or community-based services delivering high‑quality, trauma‑informed emotional and practical support.
- Strong track record of supervising, developing, and supporting staff and volunteers, including performance management and professional growth.
- Demonstrable experience of safeguarding adults and/or children at risk, with confident use of safeguarding processes.
- Proven ability to oversee operational service delivery in complex or high‑pressure environments and make sound, independent decisions.
- Experience setting service aims, outcome objectives, and KPIs, and reporting performance to senior leadership, commissioners, or governance boards.
- Ability to reach, engage, and develop services for vulnerable or underserved groups.
- Experience working collaboratively with partner agencies and external stakeholders to deliver integrated support.
- Skilled in managing competing priorities while maintaining service quality and compliance.
Desirable
- Working within homelessness, supported housing or related sectors.
- Delivery of trauma-informed services.
- Involvement in service development, redesign or improvement projects
- Setting and monitoring KPIs or outcome frameworks
- Managing budgets or operational resources.
- Working with volunteers in service delivery.
Personal Attributes
- Ability to manage competing priorities under pressure.
- Resilient and confident working in complex environments.
- Commitment to supporting people experiencing homelessness.
- Positive attitude, maintains a positive attitude even in challenging situations.
- Future-orientated, has a forward-thinking perspective, anticipates future needs or issues and plans accordingly.
- Team worker, demonstrates a commitment to strong collaborative work by actively engaging with colleagues, volunteers, external partners and to be accountable for the outcome.
- Ownership, a willingness to take ownership of tasks and projects and to be accountable for the outcomes.
- Aligned with the values and mission of York Road Project.
Benefits:
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Pension Scheme.
- Birthday day off.
- Medicash healthcare plan,
- Flexible working and hybrid working opportunities.
Please submit a covering letter along with your CV, addressed to our CEO, Cherisse Dealtry
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you someone who leads from the front? Do you want a role where no two days are the same – one that combines hands-on project delivery, meaningful work with volunteers, and making the evidence count? The South London Mission is looking for a Community Projects & Volunteer Officer to be at the heart of our work.
This is not a desk-bound role. You’ll be packing Brite Box meal kits, running sessions with families and older people, building and leading a committed volunteer team, and producing reports that tell our story to funders and decision-makers. It’s a role for someone equally at home lifting boxes and writing impact reports.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Income Generation
• Develop funding strategies for prospective trusts, identifying the strongest organisational and project matches and recommending the most effective approach.
• Write and submit tailored and effective funding applications to meet agreed income targets.
• Monitor application deadlines and ensure timely submission.
• Work with colleagues to gather, interpret and present service data, outcomes and financial information to produce high-quality, evidence-based funding proposals and reports.
• Contribute to the development of larger or more complex funding proposals, working alongside the Trusts and Foundations Manager and colleagues across the organisation.
• Contribute ideas that help Back Up’s Fundraising team develop innovative approaches to trusts fundraising, stewardship and donor engagement.
Relationship Management and Stewardship
• Ensure compliance with funder requirements by preparing and delivering high-quality impact reports and other agreed reporting, demonstrating how their contributions have been used.
• Act as the primary point of contact for trusts and foundations within your portfolio, building trusted relationships.
• Develop and deliver an engaging, year-round stewardship programme that goes beyond grant reporting, creating meaningful opportunities for funders to see the impact of their support through tailored communications, multi-media updates and personalised engagement.
Other
• Use application outcomes, funder feedback and sector learning to continually improve proposal quality, stewardship and trusts fundraising performance.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to gather information for compelling stewardship, cultivation, proposals and reports and maintain a deep understanding of the impact support provides to those with a spinal cord injury.
• Monitor trends in grant-making and maintain an understanding of developments affecting people with spinal cord injury to strengthen funding proposals.
• Contribute to Trusts processes for recording and sharing useful resources.
• Maintain accurate records of trust and foundation activity, ensuring Salesforce CRM and pipeline information is up to date and supports effective relationship management, reporting and forecasting.
• Use CRM, service data and organisational insight to support prospect research, develop compelling funding applications and identify opportunities for growth.
• Be an ambassador for Back Up and be part of the team at occasional Back Up events.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Candidates must fulfil the following essential criteria:
Essential
· Experience in trusts and foundations fundraising with the ability to identify funding opportunities and develop successful funding proposals.
· Confident using technology, including CRM systems and AI-assisted tools and spreadsheets, to support research, prospecting and proposal development while maintaining high standards of accuracy and judgement.
· Highly organised and able to manage multiple deadlines.
· Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear, engaging and persuasive funding proposals and reports.
· Able to balance attention to detail with strategic thinking.
· Strong numeracy skills and confidence working with budgets and financial information.
· Comfortable building relationships with senior volunteers, trustees and funders.
· Resilient and motivated, with a proactive approach to the challenges of trust fundraising and achieving income targets.
· A proactive approach to working towards targets.
· A strong team working approach.
· Willing and able to work occasional evenings/weekends and travel.
Desirable
· Experience in major donor fundraising, philanthropy or corporate partnerships.
· Understanding of spinal cord injury and/or disability issues
· Understanding of charity finance and/ or project budgeting.
· Experience supporting donor cultivation events
· Experience producing supporter communications, presentations or impact reports.
· Experience working with trustees, senior volunteers, ambassadors or high-net-worth individuals.
How to apply:
• Please Note: We currently review application only through Charity Jobs ATS. Please apply through Charity jobs as we will not be accepting offline applications.
• Charity Jobs will ask you for a CV & Cover Letter (saying why you want the job and explaining how you meet the criteria in the job description. This statement is crucial; CVs alone will not be accepted).
• Please complete equal opportunities form on charity Jobs. This form will be kept separate from your application and not viewed by the recruiting manager. It is used to help us assess the diversity of our applicants to ensure our processes are fair to all. It is optional to fill in, but it will help us improve and maintain high standards.
At Back Up, our vision is a world where everyone affected by spinal cord injury can reach their full potential.

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.


